Hair curler



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M. C. CQNANT ET AL HAIR GURLER Filed Feb. 27, 1925 fire/Ma ia Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

MAY C. CONANT AND CLARE SEELY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HAIR CURLER.

Application filed February 27, 1925. Serial No. 11,917.

This invention relates to hair curling devices and has for its primary object, the provision of a simple and inexpensive form of hair curler consisting essentially of a 6 rigid member and a flexible member detachably connected together so that the flexible member may be easily and quickly renewed from time to time when necessary due to wear.

Another object is to provide a hair curler which may be easily and quickly applied to the hair and which shall be capable of imparting a pleasing and desirable form of curl thereto.

A further object is to provide a hair curler which is especially adapted for curling bobbed hair and which shall be devoid of sharp edges or other projections that would tend to break or otherwise injure the hair.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists broadly in the provision of a rigid member arcuate in cross section, and a flexible member substantially circular in cross section detachably connected 'to such rigid member.

In the drawing accompanying and forming part of this application, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a curler constructed in accordance with our invention and showing the same in position to receive the ends of the hair to be curled; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the curler; Fig. 3 is a. side elevation showing the hair rolled about the curler and the same locked in position; and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line H of Fig. 3.

Describing the various parts by reference characters, 1 denotes a rigid member which may be in the form of a sheet metal stamping that is preferably arcuate in cross section and provided with rounded ends 2. Adjacent one end of the rigid member, the metal is slitted transversely along spaced parallel lines and the metal between such r slits is embossed downwardly to define a semicircular ring 3. An elongated tapered flexible member 4 is adapted to be engaged through the ring 3 and retained in position by frictional contact therewith. The flexible member may be in the form of what is commonly referred to as a kid curler although it will be understood that any other flexible member, which is capable of being bent into various shapes and temporarily retaining such shapes, could be used with equal success.

In use, the flexible member .t is bent outwardly from the rigid member 1 as shown in Fig. 1. The strands of hair to be curled are inserted between said members and the flexible member is then closed against the rigid member to securely fasten the device to the hair. The curler is now rotated until 1t is adjacent the scalp whereupon the ends of the flexible member are bent over the ends of the rigid member as shown in Fig. 3. This last operation serves to lock the curler and prevent the same from unrolling.

A curler as above described is exceedingly simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture. When the flexible member shows signs of wear, it may be easily detached by pulling the same from the ring portion of the rigid member and a new flexible member may be quickly inserted.

The flexible member being substantially circular in cross section, and the rigid member being arcuate in cross section, provide a curler which is devoid of sharp edges which would tend to break or injure the hair.

A curler constructed as above described is easy to attach and remove from the hair, and it proves especially desirable for bobbed hair due to the fact that the ends of the hair may be securely clamped between-the rigid and flexible members before the curler is rotated.

Having thus described our invention, what I we claim is 1. A hair curler comprising a rigid member substantially arcuate in cross section, said member having a portion thereof cut out and bent in a direction opposite to the curvature of said member, and a flexible member engaged through the ring defined by the cut out portion.

2. A hair curler comprising a rigid member substantially arcuate in cross section and having rounded ends, said member having a portion thereof cut out and bent in a direction opposite to the curvature of said member, and a flexible member engaged through the ring definedv by the cut out portion, said flexible member being substantially circular in cross section and tapered from the center thereof toward each end.

3. A hair curler comprising a rigid sheet 5 metal member substantially arcuate in cross section and having rounded ends, said member having a portion thereof cut out and bent in a direction opposite to the curvature of said member, and a kid curler engaged through the ring defined by the cut out por- 1 tion.

In testimony whereof, We hereunto affix our signatures.

MAY 0. CONANT. CLARE SEELY. 

